Main Event
Day 1bc Started
Main Event
Day 1bc Started
The Run Good Poker Series Bossier City Horseshoe Main Event is about to kick off. There are two flights today after 28 players bagged Day 1A Friday night and Todd Smith bagged 343,000.
The first flight starts at noon and then Day 1C begins at 7 p.m. The players start with 20,000 chips and will have 12 30-minute levels before bagging for Day 2.
Every player who makes the final table of this, or any RGPS Main Event will win a spot in the "Showbound" satellite. The satellite will award two $5,000 sit and go seats and be filmed and broadcast on Poker After Dark.
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Greg Stanley lives in Minden, LA which is about 30 miles from Horseshoe Bossier City. He is in the field today seated next to Thad Dilday who was known last year as the "Mayor of Suckersville," but now Stanley says everyone calls him Scooter.
"Ship it to Scooter, is what everyone always says," Stanley said.
Stanley owns a heating and air conditioning company.
"Does Dennis work for you?" Dilday asked Stanley.
"Hell no," Stanley replied.
Stanley is married with two kids and says that if happens to end up on Poker After Dark he would want to play against Bill Sadka and Herman Johnson. They are two more locals who regularly play here and Sadka is seated a couple tables over from Stanley.
"The home team," Stanley said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Greg Stanley
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Thad Dilday
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Larry Dilday
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
Bill Sadka
|
20,000 | 20,000 |
John Voris comes to the Bossier City Horseshoe every week from El Dorado, AR which is about 90 miles away.
He's a retired purchasing manager for an oil company who's been married for 50 s to his wife Nancy. He's 71.
He split the bubble in the deepstack tournament earlier in the week, after turning a full house and losing on the river. He's currently enjoying a pretty chatty table with the likes of Bill Sadka.
Sadka raised from the small blind into Voris's big blind.
"I knew it," Voris said, "I thought it'd be at least four hundred."
Voris had the chips in hand ready to call. Sadka took down the four-way pot after a c-bet.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Bill Sadka
|
34,000 | 14,000 |
John Voris
|
25,000 | 25,000 |
The board read and Dennis Baker checked. The next player bet 600 and another called before Baker raised to 3,000.
He got one caller.
The turn was the and Baker shoved all in for about 16,400. He got called with , his opponent was on a draw.
Baker turned over and held on for the double when the river was the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Dennis Baker | 31,000 |
Depending on who you ask, Roy Hill goes by Waffles or Fish.
"That might be a better name," Hill says after someone at the table refers to him as a Pot-Limit Omaha fish.
Hill owns 12 Waffle Houses and says he got into the business because he couldn't find a job after college.
He studied Education at Louisiana Tech. He's got three kids and says he prefers cash game PLO to tournaments. He's sitting with a little over 30,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Roy Hill | 38,000 | 38,000 |
The board reads and a player leads for 4,000.
Papa Karn calls on the button.
The river is the and the player leads again, this time making it 11,000. Karn moves all in for about 18,000 total and his opponent calls showing . Karn tables for a flush and wins the pot to eliminate his opponent.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Papa Karn | 39,000 |
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The board read and Greg Stanley checked.
Josh Speer bet 3,500 and Stanley called.
The river was the and Stanley checked again. Speer bet 5,000 and Stanley folded showing the as he mucked.
Speer casually showed for tens full.
"I had outs," Stanley said.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Greg Stanley
|
96,000 | 76,000 |
Josh Speer
|
38,000 |